Where does “ទឹកត្រី” come from?

ទឹកត្រី (Khmer) comes from Khmer ត្រី, from Sanskrit त्रि, from Proto-Indo-Aryan tráyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

ទឹកត្រី (Khmer): fish sauce

Definitions

fish sauce

Ancestry of “ទឹកត្រី”, step by step

ទឹកត្រី traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ត្រី

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Khmer	ត្រី	fish; pawn
2	Sanskrit	त्रि	three
3	Proto-Indo-Aryan	tráyas	three
4	Proto-Indo-Iranian	tráyas	three
5	Proto-Indo-European	*tréyes	—

via Khmer ទឹក

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Khmer	ទឹក	water, liquid, juice; round; temperament
2	Proto-Austroasiatic	ɗaːk	water

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